Primary VRAM: 1024 MB, But should show higher?

[WueroLoco]

So I'm not the most tech savvy person on this planet, otherwise I wouldn't be typing, but i was trying to find out certain specs of my laptop and noticed that it shows "Primary VRAM: 1024 MB". The number seemed a little low so I used a converted on google just to find out that it's equivalent to 1GB. That would be fine and all if it were true, but i believe that at one point, it showed at least 4 or 6GB. I'm so confused and idk if maybe it's a setting that got changed and that's why it's lower or what. Any help or suggestions is welcome and thanks for your time in advance.

[Omega]

What are your PC's specs? CPU and GPU specifically.

[WueroLoco]

What Steam shows:
Computer Information:
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Model: GL753VE
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x9e
CPU Stepping: 0x9
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2808 MHz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
Hyper-threading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Supported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported
Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Video Card:
Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630
DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 31.0.101.2111
DirectX Driver Version: 31.0.15.4617
Driver Date: 7 19 2022
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1c8c
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1600 x 900
Desktop Resolution: 1600 x 900
Primary Display Size: 15.04" x 8.46" (17.24" diag), 38.2cm x 21.5cm (43.8cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x
Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti
Memory:
RAM: 49036 Mb

[WueroLoco]

Adapter RAM (1,048,576) bytes
when i go to system information on my laptop, this is what it shows

[Omega]

Do you have a secondary GPU?

The specs above are refering to the GPU integrated in to the CPU, these are low powered chips which borrow memory from the system (typically 512MB or more) and lack their own dedicated memory. This all looks perfectly normal.

[WueroLoco]

Originally posted by Omega:

Do you have a secondary GPU?

The specs above are refering to the GPU integrated in to the CPU, these are low powered chips which borrow memory from the system (typically 512MB or more) and lack their own dedicated memory. This all looks perfectly normal.

ahhh ok, so maybe steam is getting the information from my dedicated gpu instead of my 1050ti?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

GTX 1050 Ti is your Dedicated GPU.
Steam is using info from the primary Intel GPU which it has no choice but to look at.
Forget what Steam says, honestly IDK why people waste their time looking at that.

Use CPU-Z & GPU-Z apps.

[WueroLoco]

ahhh ok. I opened a run box and typed dxdiag to pull up the info, and it says i have 4020mb vram

[Cathulhu]

That would fit the specs of a 1050Ti.